2010

Yamashita T, Ohuchi H, Tomonari S, Ikeda K, Sakai K, Shichida Y. (2010) Opn5 is a UV-sensitive bistable pigment that couples with Gi subtype of G protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Dec 21;107(51):22084-9. Epub 2010 Dec 6.

Tsutsui K, Shichida Y (2010) Photosensitivities of Rhodopsin Mutants with a Displaced Counterion. Biochemistry 2010 Nov 30;49(47):10089-97. Epub 2010 Nov 8.

Wakakuwa M, Terakita A, Koyanagi M, Stavenga DG, Shichida Y, Arikawa K. (2010) Evolution and mechanism of spectral tuning of blue-absorbing visual pigments in butterflies. PLoS One. 2010 Nov 24;5(11):e15015.

Sakai K, Imamoto Y, Yamashita T, Shichida Y (2010) Functional analysis of the second extracellular loop of rhodopsin by characterizing split variants. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2010 Nov 28;9(11):1490-7. Epub 2010 Oct 1.

Matsuyama T, Yamashita T, Imai H, Shichida Y (2009) Covalent bond between ligand and receptor required for efficient activation in rhodopsin. J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 12;285(11):8114-21. Epub 2009 Dec 30.

Tsukamoto H, Terakita A, Shichida Y (2010) A pivot between helices V and VI near the retinal binding site is necessary for activation in rhodopsins. J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 5;285(10):7351-7. Epub 2010 Jan 6.

Sato K, Morizumi T, Yamashita T, Shichida Y (2009) Direct observation of pH-dependent equilibrium between metarhodopsin I and II and pH-independent interaction of metarhodopsin II with Transducin C-terminal peptide. Biochemistry Feb 2;49(4):736-41. Epub 2009 Dec 23.

Reviews and Other Publications

Tsutsui K, Shichida Y (2010) Multiple functions of Schiff base counterion in rhodopsins. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2010 Nov 28;9(11):1426-34. Epub 2010 Sep 14.

 

2009

Yanagawa M, Yamashita T, Shichida Y (2009) Activation switch in the transmembrane domain of metabotropic glutamate receptor. Mol Pharmacol. 2009, Jul;76(1):201-7. Epub 2009 Apr 27.

Morizumi T, Kimata N, Terakita A, Imamoto Y, Yamashita T, Shichida Y (2009) G Protein Subtype Specificity of Rhodopsin Intermediates Metarhodopsin Ib and Metarhodopsin II. Photochem Photobiol. 2009, 85:57-62

Reviews and Other Publications

山下高廣、七田芳則 (2009)「脊椎動物の視細胞が光を受ける仕組み」 シリーズ「動物の多様な生き方１；見える光、見えない光」 共立出版 37-56.

Shichida Y, Matsuyama T (2009) Evolution of opsins and phototransduction. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009, Oct 12;364(1531):2881-95.

 

2008

Tsutsui K, Imai H, Shichida Y (2008) E113 is required for the efficient photoisomerization of the unprotonated chromophore in a UV-absorbing visual pigment. Biochemistry 2008 Oct 14;47(41):10829-33. Epub 2008 Sep 20

Yamashita T, Terakita A, Kai T, Shichida Y (2008) Conformational change of the transmembrane helices II and IV of metabotropic glutamate receptor involved in G protein activation. J Neurochem. 2008 Jul;106(2):850-9. Epub 2008 Apr 28.

Terakita A, Tsukamoto H, Koyanagi M, Sugahara M, Yamashita T, Shichida Y (2008) Expression and comparative characterization of Gq-coupled invertebrate visual pigments and melanopsin. J Neurochem. 2008 May;105(3):883-90. Epub 2007 Dec 13

Yasushi Imamoto and Yoshinori Shichida.(2008) Thermal Recovery of Iodopsin from Photobleaching Intermediates. Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Jul-Aug;84(4):941-8. Epub 2008 Apr 9.

Kamikubo H, Koyama T, Hayashi M, Shirai K, Yamazaki Y, Imamoto Y, Kataoka M.(2008) The Photoreaction of the Photoactive Yellow Protein Domain in the Light Sensor Histidine Kinase Ppr is Influenced by the C-terminal Domains. Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Jul-Aug;84(4):895-902. Epub 2008 Mar 12.

Takahiro Yamashita, Koji Tose and Yoshinori Shichida.(2008) First Cytoplasmic Loop of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Can Function at the Third Cytoplasmic Loop Position of Rhodopsin. Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Jul-Aug;84(4):931-6. Epub 2008 Mar 18.

Hoshihara Y, Imamoto Y, Kataoka M, Tokunaga F, Terazima M.(2008) Conformational changes in the N-terminal region of photoactive yellow protein: a time-resolved diffusion study. Biophys J. 2008 Mar 15;94(6):2187-93. Epub 2007 Nov 16.

Imamoto Y, Tatsumi S, Harigai M, Yamazaki Y, Kamikubo H, Kataoka M.(2008) Diverse Roles of Glycine Residues Conserved in Photoactive Yellow Proteins. Biophys J. 2008 Jan 28 (in press).

Reviews and Other Publications

山下高廣 (2008)「代謝型グルタミン酸受容体の細胞質領域の構造変化」 生物物理48, 338-9.

山下高廣、七田芳則(2008)「視覚の光受容蛋白質ロドプシンの機能多様性」メディカルバイオ1月号 74-81.

 

2007

Shigekazu Kawai, Takuya Nakashima, Kazuhiko Atsumi, Toshiyuki Sakai, Miki Harigai, Yasushi Imamoto, Hironari Kamikubo, Mikio Kataoka, and Tsuyoshi Kawai.(2007) Novel Photochromic Molecules Based on 4,5-Dithienyl Thiazole with Fast Thermal Bleaching Rate. Chem. Mater. 19 (14), 3479 -3483.

Shirai K, Yamazaki Y, Kamikubo H, Imamoto Y, Kataoka M.(2007) Attempt to simplify the amino-acid sequence of photoactive yellow protein with a set of simple rules. Proteins. 2007 Jun 1;67(4):821-33.

Kamikubo H, Shimizu N, Harigai M, Yamazaki Y, Imamoto Y, Kataoka M.(2007) Characterization of the solution structure of the M intermediate of photoactive yellow protein using high-angle solution x-ray scattering. Biophys J. 2007 May 15;92(10):3633-42. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Yamaguchi S, Kamikubo H, Shimizu N, Yamazaki Y, Imamoto Y, Kataoka M.(2007) Preparation of large crystals of photoactive yellow protein for neutron diffraction and high resolution crystal structure analysis. Photochem Photobiol. 83(2):336-8.

Morishita T, Harigai M, Yamazaki Y, Kamikubo H, Kataoka M, Imamoto Y.(2007) Array of aromatic amino acid side chains located near the chromophore of photoactive yellow protein. Photochem Photobiol. 83(2):280-5.

Pascale Changenet-Barreta, Pascal Plaza, Monique M. Martin, Haik Chosrowjan, Seiji Taniguchi, Noboru Mataga, Yasushi Imamoto and Mikio Kataoka.(2007) Role of arginine 52 on the primary photoinduced events in the PYP photocycle. Chem. Phys. Lett. 434 (4-6), 320-325.

Kawano-Yamashita E, Terakita A, Koyanagi M, Shichida Y, Oishi T, Tamotsu S.(2007) Immunohistochemical characterization of a parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cell involved in the ultraviolet/green discrimination in the pineal organ of the river lamprey Lethenteron japonicum. J Exp Biol. 2007 Nov 1;210(Pt 21):3821-9.

Torii M, Kojima D, Okano T, Nakamura A, Terakita A, Shichida Y, Wada A, Fukada Y. (2007) Two isoforms of chicken melanopsins show blue light sensitivity. FEBS lett. 2007 Nov 13;581(27):5327-31.

Imafuku M, Shimizu I, Imai H, Shichida Y. (2007) Sexual Diference in Color Sense in a Lycaenid Butterfly, Narathura japonica. Zoolog Sci. 2007 Jun;24(6):611-3.

Sakurai K, Onishi A, Imai H, Chisaka O, Ueda Y, Usukura J, Nakatani K, Shichida Y. (2007) Physiological Properties of Rod Photoreceptor Cells in Green-sensitive Cone Pigment Knock-in Mice. J. Gen. Physiol. 2007 130: 21-40. A commentary on this issue: Cornwall MC, Ala-Laurila P.(2007) A perfect marriage: molecular genetics ties the knot with electrophysiology in studies of visual transduction. J Gen Physiol. 2007 Jul;130(1):7-10.

Tsutsui K, Imai H, Shichida Y. (2007) Photoisomerization Efficiency in UV-Absorbing Visual Pigments: Protein-Directed Isomerization of an Unprotonated Retinal Schiff Base. Biochemistry.46(21);6437 - 6445.

Imai H, Kefalov V, Sakurai K, Chisaka O, Ueda Y, Onishi A,Morizumi T, Fu Y, Ichikawa K, Nakatani K, Honda Y, Chen J, Yau KW, Shichida Y. (2006) Molecular properties of rhodopsin and rod function. J Biol Chem. 2007 Mar 2;282(9):6677-84. Epub 2006 Dec 28

 

2006

Terai Y, Seehausen O, Sasaki T, Takahashi K, Mizoiri S, Sugawara T, Sato T, Watanabe M, Konijnendijk N, Mrosso HD, Tachida H,Imai H, Shichida Y, Okada N. (2006) Divergent Selection on Opsins Drives Incipient Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids. PLoS Biol. 2006 Dec 5;4(12):e433

Su CY, Luo DG, Terakita A, Shichida Y, Liao HW, Kazmi MA, Sakmar TP, Yau KW. (2006) Parietal-eye phototransduction components and their potential evolutionary implications. Science. 311(5767):1617-21.

Ota T, Furutani Y, Terakita A, Shichida Y, Kandori H. (2006) Structural Changes in the Schiff Base Region of Squid Rhodopsin upon Photoisomerization Studied by Low-Temperature FTIR Spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 45(9):2845-2851.

Ueda Y, Tammitsu N, Imai H, Honda Y, Shichida Y (2006) Recovery of rod-mediated a-wave during light-adaptation in mGluR6-deficient mice. Vision Res. 46(10): 1655-64. Epub 2005 Oct 21.

Hirano T, Fujioka N, Imai H, Kandori H, Wada A, Ito M, Shichida Y (2006) Assignment of the Vibrational Modes of the Chromophores of Iodopsin and Bathoiodopsin: Low-Temperature Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of (13)C- and (2)H-Labeled Iodopsins. Biochemistry. 45(4): 1285-94.

Reviews and Other Publications

Shichida Y, Morizumi T. (2006) Mechanism of G-protein Activation by Rhodopsin. Photochem Photobiol. Preprint